Cigar-cutter



(No Model.)

J. H. BOWEN. GIGAR GUTTER.

No. 462,074. Patented 001;. 27, -1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. v

.IAMES H. BOIVEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ClGAR-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.462,074, dated October 27, 1891.

Application filed October 6, 1890.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JAMES H. BOWEN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsyl- Vania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Cutters, which improvement is fully 'set forth in the following speciication and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a cigar-cutter having novel features, as will be hereinafter fully yset forth, and definitely pointed out in the circular casing, preferably conical, which is supported on the base B.

NVithin the casing is a circular chamber C, which is formed by a substantially-circular hollow shell or piece secured to the side wall of said casing bythe pin, bolt, or screwD and separated fromthe circumferential wall thereof, so as to form an annular way E, within which plays the cutter or blade F, the latter being secured to a rotatable head or wheel G, whose axis or shaft H has its bearings on the Ainner wall .I of the chamber C, and 4a post or standard K, which rises from the base B. The head G has its rim L, which carries the cutter F, projecting partly into the circumferential wall of the casing A, and the portion of said rim which is exposed has segmental divisional marks or other ornamental characteristics M thereon, and the adjacent edge of said wall has an index or finger N, which points toward or over said marks M, as most plainly shown in Fig. l. The rim L is also provided with knobs P,which act as handles for conveniently operatin g the head G and loading said rim for causing rapid and long rotation of the head. The top of the Wall of the chamber C is open, forming a throat or passage Q, which, as will be seen, is below the openings R in the top of the circumferential wall of the casing A, said openings being designed to receive the tips of cigars to be cnt. The openings R are formed in a plate S, which is removably se- Serial No. 367,240. (No model.)

cured to the wall of the casing, so that access is had to the interior thereof for removal of the cigar-cuttings from the chamber C and sharpening or other purposes.

The operation is as follows: The head or wheel G is rotated in either direction and the tip of a cigar inserted in either opening R of the casing A, when as the bladeF rotates under or shears with the Wall of said opening it comes in contact with the tip and severs the same. The tip drops into the chamber C, and as the wheel may continue its rotation another cigar may be cut, the tip thereof also dropping into the chamber. Vihen the plate S is removed, the tips or cuttings may be readily poured out or removed from the-chamber C. The wheel is firmly and conveniently and inexpensively mounted on the wall .I of the chamber O and the standard K, and thepentire device is of asimple, compact, strong, and reliable nature. It will also be noticed that the wheel G is partly within and partly without the circumferential Wall of the casing A and its rim accessible for imparting rotation to the wheel by application of the hand thereto. Itis evi dent that the rotation of the Wheel may be effected by the knobs P; but the exposed side of said Wheel may also be engaged by the hand for the same purpose. As the Wheel rotates, being in the main exposed, it presents an attractive appearance and adds interest to the device during operation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent, is-

l. A cigar-cutter having a casing provided with a tip-opening and a concentric inner Wall forming an annular passage between said parts and a cutter arranged to travel in said passage, the top of said wall having a throat which is below the tip-opening and the bottom thereof being closed to retain the cuttings, substantially as described.

2. In a cigar-cutter, an exterior or stationary casing A, supported on a base B and having a tip-opening therein, an inner casting secured to said casing, having a chamber C, provided with an upper throat Q, the rotating wheel G, carrying a cutter F, projecting i11- ward into the casing A from the periphery of the said Wheel, the outer standard K, and the axis l-I passing through said wheel and carried IOO 1o riphery thereof and traversing said passage- Way,passing between said throat and tip-opening, and a plate detachably connected with the casing, the tip-opening being in said plate, said throat being in line With said tip-opening, said parts being eombined substantially 15 as described.

JAMES H. BOWEN. Witnesses: JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

A. P. JENNINGS. 

